I love this and also the digital photos that it came from. I used the camera and computer programmes a lot when doing my A level (as a mature student) earlier in the year - it can help you see things differently. I think using the camera and Serif or Photoshop etc are perfectly valid as a starting point and you have captured the beautiful ethereal feel that was in the photos. Not come across your programme before.Lynn

I've tried interpreting Mr Doob doodles too - I'm working up some large scale watercolour standing stones based on some Mr D sketches I did.

I'm also playing with mashing up photos to create the bones for abstracts, layering them up and embelishing in Photoshop or on the iPhone in the Brushes app there and then as I take, then printing and using *that* as the basis for the abstract painting. I've done some things I'm quite pleased with with autumn leaves, and also the ash clouds when they came over.

Lisa I agree - this was a small try out but I think it really needs to be BIG.

Lynx I totally agree - it gives you different mark making possibilities to exploit. I hope you carry on with your studies and go on to do a degree. I did my degree as a mature student (having done the Foundation Year at school leaving age). I've never used Serif but do use Photoshop and Corel (photopaint and paint). I used the camera and computer a lot during the degree to develop images and ideas too.

Hi Vivien,Re your reply - I have actually signed up with OCA to do my BA(Hons). That's how I found your site - through a link with another student's blog. Only on Drawing 1 now (they like you to start with that), but looking forward to getting back to painting. However, coloured pencils are allowed in this module and your painting is inspirational, so after Christmas I'll let myself go a bit more and see what the tutor says!Looking at other comments - not heard of Mr Doob, but checked it out and it's great. I also need a graphics tablet - mouse is too restricting!Have a good Christmas.

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I'm interested in painting the light and colours of landscapes as they change through seasons, the time of day or weather.
Seascapes feature strongly in my work as I love the coast, a love which developed when I lived near the sea as a child in Cornwall, Scotland, Malta and Gibraltar - each place with its special light and colour.
I realise too that I love the edges of things - for instance the coast, where the sea meets the land, the edges of woods where the trees meet the open fields.
I paint in most media and experiment with digital imagery - as a creative process related to my painting but also creating work that exists in its own right.
Another interest is photography, mainly as something in its own right, as I only rarely paint from photographs. The same elements interest me here as in my painting.
Apart from painting and photography, I teach art to adults and have all the normal preoccupations, trials and tribulations of women with families ... and cats.